Jazz Singer Reacts to Metallica - Blackened (Patreon Request)

Welcome to the NorthernEar reaction to channel! Tonight is the turn of Metallica and their song Blackened. This was a special Patreon request from Prof. Metal who wanted me to listen to this, as i hadnt really heard anything off And Justice For All yet and was one of the first metallica songs with Jason on Bass!
Tell me a bit about AJFA and where it's place in Metallica history is!
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[@ryanatorryanson9535]

Guys, this is NOT a remaster of a live recording. That video is off of the “Live shit: Binge & purge” video set, and was filmed in 1989 in Seattle. This version of Blackened is an already existing remaster of the album version from the game “Guitar Hero”. All the supposed remaster-er did was take the version from the game and lay it over the video from ‘89 in Seattle. There are some major differences, including missing improvised lyrics from James and the solo being different. I don’t think the guy who’s reacting knows that the guy who said they remastered it is a liar and a fraud though.

[@ahdykhairat]

please provide me with 1/8th of whatever the f you’re smoking. “liar and fraud”, cope harder buddy 👍🏼

[@professormetal4411]

Well, I'm the one who suggested that Tommy here react to it, but Ahdy who I see has already replied to you... is the one who remastered it. We're all aware that the video is of the '89 Seattle concert, and yes Ahdy does take the isolated tracks from the Metallica Guitar Hero game, but he also remixes and remasters them. You should probably go watch his original video, and use a quality pair of headphones, to hear all of the differences.

[@professormetal4411]

@@ahdykhairat Eh, don't waste your breath on this guy, let the people who enjoy your work defend it haha. Ever since I've found your videos I've always enjoyed it, love what you've done with Death Magnetic!

[@ahdykhairat]

@@professormetal4411 it’s just hilarious how people think there’s no effort put into these mixes. Also I can’t get over the ridiculous claim that I sell stems on Patreon 😂. Anyway, thanks for the support!!

[@jonnyincognito899]

@ 4:27 : "Love the bass there" *Jason sheds a tear...

[@ididthisonpulpous6526]

Yeah never gonna hear it in the original mix.

[@fjehlik]

This comment is solid gold

[@81giorikas]

@@ididthisonpulpous6526 No he does have a point, you hear some of the bass there lol which is almost wrong for and justice. Maybe he is listening to a youtuber's remix? It is also heard rattling as he says.

[@ThomasJ_Music]

@@81giorikas yeah, it’s Ahdy Kairat’s remix of the song. He turned the bass up for this

[@nashmarty]

"I love it when you can hear the ratlle of the bass string"... To be fair, this remix actually has lots of bass in it.

[@MrTongen]

This mortal tries to understand the time signature of lars. Here he's playing the 174/55 time signature.

[@ThomasJ_Music]

lolololol!

[@briang8579]

@@ThomasJ_Music bless the 21/32 he actually plays in master of puppets completely on accident lmaoo

[@dalck23]

@@briang8579 that wasn't accidental.. that was Cliff's

[@LageYouTube]

@@dalck23 even Cliff wasn't aware of the many time signatures in MOP, possibly this one included

[@briang8579]

@@dalck23 no, at that time they had basically no knowledge of music theory, only cliff, this time signature was completely accidental. But they intented for it to sound close to 21/32, but not that precise lmao

[@Ontariosound]

The peak of metal. Saw this tour and it was note perfect and heavy as hell. I am a recording engineer and this guitar tone has something I call "box flex". The speaker cabinets being pushed so hard that you can hear the wood resonance. The amps were Mesa Mark II C+ heads and Marshall JCM 800 4x12's. Arguably the best metal tone of all time.......

[@jamesmcmahon412]

That’s what that sound is! It’s so clear on this album. Right as the mutes decay you get that crazy buzz that I think pretty much every band has engineered out of the mix. \m/

[@ThePwig]

What an interesting mix to hear for your first time

[@makwilson6575]

"I love the bass there". You have made mine and every other bass players day there my friend ❤

[@jochencooper2751]

With or without bass this tune is a fucking banger

[@jeros1126]

4:26 Then you don't wanna hear the original track...

[@dielegende9141]

You can actually hear the bass in that part of the song in the original version

[@insufferablethrashelitist9305]

I heard a remixed version of the album a few years ago that had the bass cranked up, and heard why Lars and James turned it down. I love Metallica, I love Jason and everything, but his bass parts were odd. Not knocking Jason AT ALL. To me he DID replace Cliff, if that can be done. Of course I'm not knocking Rob either but Jason was so Metallica.

[@pade3]

@@insufferablethrashelitist9305 I don't like the lacking bass , but on the other side it makes the album sound unique.

[@insufferablethrashelitist9305]

@@pade3 I hear ya, I think the way James had his tone scooped, it was still a pretty bassy sounding album. There are several remixes available on KZbin. I don't remember which one I listened to, but check one of them out. A lot of his bass parts just sounded off. Regardless, it is a unique sounding album that remains one of their favorited by their fans even lacking the bass guitar.

[@13Tody]

@@insufferablethrashelitist9305 Those bass parts sound off because of the remixing work. What was done many years ago cannot be changed, but if we're talking about Jason's early bass with Metallica please consider the 5.98 $.

[@I_stole_a_bike]

Not everyday you see a reaction of someone who actually understands music. Subscribed.

[@ryanlogan35]

A Thrash band with lots of audible bass would be Testament, they came out around the same time as Metallica no nearly as big but still kicks major ass, anything off their 1989 album Practice what you preach has crazy loud bass, they also had a new album released this year called Titans of Creation which is fantastic

[@nicolascasbar]

I like this mix, but I think the vocals has too much reverb.

[@Sinnbad21]

I agree

[@gabrieleberle4422]

the vocal track has reverb already. he didn't ad that.

[@gabrieleberle4422]

@Gator he didn't ad any.

[@DanielNiangbas]

@@gabrieleberle4422 mate, he added a lot of it and I don't know how you can't hear it

[@gabrieleberle4422]

@@DanielNiangbas it's ahdy khairat, go to one of his videos and ask him yourself.

[@stephenbalbi8291]

Did someone say a week of every song from “and justice for all album”? 👀 best album

[@ThomasJ_Music]

😂😂😂😂

[@nachocheez9690]

Def best album

[@sharpshooter_00i79]

You have to do the live version now bro it's a must Seattle 89 while the song is still in your head..

[@vannacee26]

There are other & better performances yeah know.

[@sharpshooter_00i79]

@@vannacee26 lol I know

[@glaight6362]

It's true to say they are the masters of transition

[@RafaelMartins-wq4bt]

Well, I don't care about time signatures when I hear this song and I think Metallica didn't, too, when they wrote it ! :-) It just sounds great, but it also nice to see people analysing it from the technical point of view. It's been 32 years since it's release and it still sounds awesome ! Nice choice.

[@mish91]

Wow I like this a lot!!! Loved that transition!

[@moody2552]

I really like how you analyze the song and understand what it means and give your opinion about it ur the best ur the one who really deserves 1m subs

[@roberth2285]

All the tracks off the Justice album have an insane amount of time signature changes, it's pretty impressive and the reason why I love that album so much

[@benweaver8086]

Good choice on the version as in the original the bass is barely audible. Can you react to dyers eve next it's one of the highlights off justice. Great video as usual.

[@FloridaHammer]

He speaks the truth of Dyers Eve!

[@anthonyzbikowski529]

Metallica should have had KZbinr Ahdy Khairat remaster the whole of AJFA. Dyer's Eve remix and remaster by the same guy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGmsYZ1_bsmVp9k

[@austinbramer558]

Yet the original sounds better... the bass was just not meant to be overbearing like it is here

[@oceansilbernberg8117]

Too bad they don’t like to play the song

[@thoronthol1175]

I saw them five times on this tour. Crushing. Jason Newstead signed my jacket, just above my Ride the Lightning backpatch.. if that lets you know my age :) Incredible album. Imagine this if Cliff had lived.

[@Johnny_GC]

4:26 "Oh love the bass there!" AAAW HONEY

[@Defensive_Wounds]

4:27 - Nobody can hear the bass at all on any song from the retail version of this album as the drummer forced the engineers to turn it down to -17db, so that it is barely audible (can not hear it in 95% of the album) this is a fan remix/remaster done reasonably well, heard WAY better ones though! This one has too much reverb on the vocals and a few too many fade-in bits for vocals that should not be there either...

[@charleskopievsky1245]

The main parts I hear it in i as soon as the bass comes in in one

[@ludvig5597]

7:03 You didn't seem to notice the strangeness there. I like that part.

[@charleskopievsky1245]

His mind was already to blown by that point to realise that bit

[@HattemAlHajry]

Wow, never heard this particular version before. The bass is amazing. That was Metallica at their prime. Lars was a monster on the drums here as well. I still love Metallica, but those albums were elite, and definitely influencing the genre.

[@figpc]

This sounds like one of the fan mixes of the studio version using the guitar hero bass stems to bring it up in the mix.

[@patrick1234]

This is my favorite ALBUM ... it's a cohesive sounding album throughout!!!!!

[@tomwolfe6063]

What’s your least favorite song on Justice?

[@nachocheez9690]

@@tomwolfe6063 mine least favorite is Eye of the Beholder but it still friggn slays

[@tomwolfe6063]

@@nachocheez9690 I agree completely.

[@eraigames]

More trivia: I read somewhere that the band members tried to avoid the common pitfall of blowing all their money and, instead, learned about investments, etc. and invested wisely. With some luck that paid off and they reinvested a lot of their money in real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area. That ensured that by the time that their most commercially successful album was released (the one after the album that this song is on), they already more money than they knew what to do with. Their albums before the so-called "Black Album" (their most successful by far) didn't sell that well initially, but the success of the Black Album led LOADS of people to buy their earlier albums and now most people say either their second album (Ride the Lightning) or their third album (Master of Puppets) is their best.

[@XrisD147]

Yep

[@Fezzent]

Little did everyone know, Metallica members had no idea of time signatures at that time and later confessed to that. Bob Rock found this out on the black album.

[@Fezzent]

@Apple Smart Fridge Bob rock their producer on the black album told Metallica that their songs are in multiple time signatures within one song. They were like "huh?" Haha they say in an interview. Keep in mind back in the early 80s all this was new to them

[@Fezzent]

@Apple Smart Fridge ajfa is definitely my favorite. The riffs and drums are the best imo. Even production quality

[@Fezzent]

@Apple Smart Fridge same man. It's like a new song. Also check out State of murcury. This guys covers Metallica songs of they were on different albums. E.g. What if blackened was on the black album etc. Cool concept

[@drewkline96]

Banger alert!!!

[@eyeinthesky6372]

Such an amazing song

[@Ameen559]

Bro, you're a pro reactor, The best on youtube 👍🏼. ... ... and justice for all was on '89. I like a quote in (Amadeus) movie and this quote is very much to be applied on this album : "too many notes" full of heavy metal riffs For Metallica you would find a big change in song in Load '96 and reLoad '79. It like another band. I hope you may try 'em someday

[@ThomasJ_Music]

Thank you!! I will check it out!!

[@tjitsekoster9379]

@@ThomasJ_Music King Nothing from Load is very good.

[@danksquid3265]

Listening to the AJFA riff tapes, I was surprised/pleased to hear Jason invented this tune. He played the main riff, James struggled with it at first ("play that slow ... you´re hitting that A in there?").

[@turbo9012]

I love his reactions to Metallica. Gives me another perspective into their music.

[@morbidsasquatch9640]

One of the coolest things is no matter how drastic the time signatures they seem to pull it off . You just don't see that a lot in a metal band

[@josephstalin2829]

And all of them unintentional

[@XrisD147]

I love Blackened its one of my top 5 favs of Metallica, 1st is Master of puppets, 2 the four horsemen, 3 for whom the bell tolls, 4 blackened, 5 fade to black, 6 seek & destroy. For whom the bell tolls is my fav track of all time because of the effect it had on me when I first heard it, but I like to warm up to it with the first two.

[@royfablooo2810]

Metallica is very well known for their quirky Time Signitures and transitions which makes them well, Metallica.

[@alanwhetstone3922]

My favorite solo on a Metalica song

[@scottohare8355]

It was Jason's 2nd album 1990 he did and justice for all 88

[@stephenbalbi8291]

Colour our world blackened!!! 🤘🏼

[@AZColt1971]

AJFA: Top 4 Metallica album no doubt. Exactly WHERE it is ranked in the top 4 is up to the individual.

[@bitdevice]

14/8 time signature was a really good guess for that riff. It is in 7/4 which is essentially the same as 14/8.

[@johnamcclintock1]

This riff is one of the hardest I have ever tried to learn on guitar, it's super fast and all down-picked.. makes my right arm want to die...

[@jackhutton8443]

i could play blackened for hours and my hand wouldn’t hurt, my hand usually needs to get warmed up before i play the heavy picking shit but after like 30 mins of warming up its all good

[@ericdstraus]

Great song off a great album. Check out the title track from And Justice For All, it's pretty epic. The song One is about as perfect as a metal song can be. Frayed Ends of Sanity is another great one from that album, as is Dyer's Eve. Check them out and keep up the great work!

[@MrToband]

Must be the version with the bass turned up

[@andersohlson3418]

Hi! First of all, this will be a long comment. I'm sorry for that but there's a lot on my mind right now! I'm a new subscriber and I started to listen to your clips yesterday and ended up going to bed way to late! 🤣 I love the way you analyzes the songs. Since I'm Swedish and English isn't my first language, it's very interesting to hear you analyze the lyrics as well as the music. About Metallica! Since their debut album, Kill 'em all, they've only changed their bass player. First they had Cliff, who got killed when their tour bus crashed in Dörrarp in southern Sweden. After that they had Jason who apparently never got completely accepted in the group since he allways had to compete with "the ghost of Cliff"! Eventually he left the band and was replaced by Robert Trujillo! There's a documenary called "Some kind of monster" where they were close to breaking up but took help from a psychologist to find their way back. Here you will see Rob's audition. The three bass players are a bit different from each other and it would be interesting to hear you analyze the difference between them. Next topic! If you haven't heard them I would recomend Volbeat! The music is quite straight forward but it's an interesting mix of different music genres. If you want to listen you can start with "Sad man's tongue" and follow up with "Die to live". Last topic! I come from Heavy Metal and have broadened my music taste over the years. One "blind spot" for me is Jazz. It has intrigued me for a while and I think it's time to dig in to that! I'm curious about the complexity and playfulness in Jazz! Since you come from Jazz and have started your journey into Metall maybe you could help me start my journey in the other direction. A metallhead's introduction to Jazz if you like! Thank you for a great channel!

[@ThomasJ_Music]

Thank you Anders! It’s great to have you with us! I have family not far from Därörp in Ljungby, so next time I go and visit them, I will make sure I visit the memorial stone there. I think lyrics are a big part of a song. A lot of people say you should just sit and listen to the song as a whole package and don’t take in the lyrics, but for me they tell a story and give you an insight into what the songwriter was feeling, thinking that day. For me it’s the same attraction that so many have with Twitter/Instagram when they follow a famous person just to see what they do day to day. Lyrics give you a glimpse into their mind and it can be special. As for Jazz! I would say follow it from the beginning! A sub genre of Jazz called Bebop would be a good place to start. First half of the 20th century and up until then, Jazz had pretty much been big bands full of talented black musicians, often (but not always) fronted by white singers and taking all the credit. Big band Jazz was also very structured and quite restrictive musically. Everything had to sound ‘nice’ as it was so commercial, so Bebop was a bit of a ‘rebellion’. A chance for people to really show off their talents. It’s very fast, very technical, frantic with some fantastic chord progressions and I think if you have the context of why the genre existed, you appreciate the music more. Some great artists from Bebop are Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk. From there, I would move more chronologically, once these guys started to make a name for themselves, some of them, in particular Miles Davis became known as one of the greatest musicians in recent history, having a career over many, many decades. If you follow Jazz through the years, you will see how electronic instruments influenced the sound, how jazz started to create other genres such rock and roll, funk, Rnb. My favourite artists are Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Wes Montgomery (check out his ‘octave’ playing style) I’m not sure how far up Sweden you are, so i don’t know how Denmark-friendly you are :D but there is a fantastic Danish double bass player called Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen which I only discovered on this channel! Take a listen to him too! Sorry this comment is so long! :D my Swedish is bad but tack så mycke för skrivar och har en bra dag :)

[@andersohlson3418]

@@ThomasJ_Music Thank you for your answer! I will start with bebop and follow the time line. I will check out the artists you mentioned too. I come from Vänersborg close to Gothenburg. The band Volbeat actually comes from Denmark too! I'm looking forward to alot of Jazz for a while! 😊

[@andersohlson3418]

@@ThomasJ_Music I'm getting addicted to Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen! He is brilliant! I got stuck on him so I haven't gotten around to the others you mentioned, but I will! Thank you! 👍

[@ThomasJ_Music]

@@andersohlson3418 glad you like him!!

[@ebamb4304]

McGovney and Mustaine left the chat.

[@calin.86]

"love how you hear the bass string"...now that's hilarious 😂😂😂

[@troybaker8113]

Such a weird sounding mix like this is from and justice for Jason or something.

[@loiteringrambler2928]

yes

[@rauldavidplataoropeza1686]

Is the remastered version of Ahdy Khariat

[@xMinoYTx]

2:23 It's 14/8

[@osustill6585]

Something few have said about any song from this album: "I love the bass right there," considering Lars' actions in production.

[@shawnstephens6795]

MetallicA isn't a band...its a religion. People live by those lyrics like its Scripture.

[@ThomasJ_Music]

Live stream in 5 mins? Metallica Seattle 89

[@DoubleAsFishRoom]

Harvester of sarrow and shortest straw off the same album are 🔥

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

Funny fact: Jason Newsted (them bassist at the time) wrote the main riff for this song!!! Wise choice that you've chosen the version with the audible bass guitar, because on the original version you can't hear it that much!! 🙂🙂🙂🤘🤘

[@tomroberts6123]

Cool I didn't know that

[@Manu-Official]

And suggested to reverse the intro.

[@drammisgiuseppe3933]

No he dont wrote the all rif brooo he just make a sugestt and james finish the riff stop saying that

[@redgamer821]

@@drammisgiuseppe3933 As far as I'm concerned, Jason wrote the MAIN riff. Note the word main, meaning, the riff that reoccurs throughout the song most often. Of course Jason didn't write the whole song, and James probably made suggestions/alterations. Mind you, this is not just purely anecdotal considering that Jason has writing credits on the song.

[@drammisgiuseppe3933]

@@redgamer821 ty bro now i understend

[@bryanthewendigo1877]

This song got me into Metallica. It was one of the 4 horsemen that got me into metal. The other 3 being, slayer- raining blood, hatebreed- before dishonor and kittie- brackish

[@bigemetalmilitia8462]

Awesome🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@eraigames]

Here's some trivia about Metallica: this is (I don't think) the first album with Jason Newstead. The band put out a mini-album called "Garage Days Revisited" which just consisted of covers. Many years later, the band re-issued that album as "Garage, Inc." and the re-issued version included MANY more covers (it's a 2 disc album). I HIGHLY recommend that you check out Garage, Inc. as Metallica, IMO, did a fantastic job of re-imagining lots of older songs that most people wouldn't have heard of. The album that this song is from, And Justice For All, came shortly after the cover album.

[@thoronthol1175]

Yup, Garage Inc is incredible. Still on my car rotation. Even better, find Breadfan, and The Prince. Wow,

[@tjitsekoster9379]

Am I Evil and Blitzkrieg are my favorites.

[@Athanais157]

Now you have to listen to Blackened 2020 🤗

[@dennisrichards2604]

...And Justice For All album is the pinnacle of late 80's-early90's thrash, in my opinion. They killed it on this album . 1987-1994 I consider the peak thrash years Peak years for death metal before it became the butt of jokes for being cheeesy. Chris Barnes' Cannibal Corpse vocal/writing style era.

[@TrevRockOne]

The title track from And Justice For All I think is their best composition. Strongly recommended.

[@professormetal4411]

So, ...And Justice For All is Metallica's first album after Cliff, but it was released in 1989, not 1987. However Jason did join the band like a month after Cliff died. So, he had been in the band basically as long as Cliff by the time they released their next album.

[@alanwhetstone3922]

Garage days re-visited was his first because the other guys didn't want to any new stuff just after Cliffs death they were feeling Jason out to see how well he fit in that way if it went tits up they would have an out and he wouldn't be on any new Metallica songs just covers from Garage Days

[@benweaver8086]

It's actually 1988 not 89 I use to think it was 89 too

[@vibingwithvinyl]

I think you should do "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" at some point. It's a great song and will remind you of the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[@generoberts9151]

Only one comment. This tune kicked proverbial ass!! Justice is sucha great album. Ok that's two.

[@isaiahhatter2062]

This song just makes me wish I had super long hair so I can headbang properly

[@mattwaterhouse7908]

You need to check out blackened 2020 it's an acoustic version of this song

[@brojajacra]

from the same album you need to do "and justice for all" song and also the amazing "One"

[@neutronstar7803]

"I LOVE THE BASS THERE"... 5 possible explanations: (1) he was hallucinating (2) he is the only man on earth capable of hearing Jason's bass on this album (3) he can't tell the difference between a guitar and a bass (4) the song he was actually listening to was a jazz cover of blackened (5) he got paid by Jason's mother to say this

[@ThomasJ_Music]

Hahahah Love this!! 😂 this remix does push the bass up and I knew that before I listened, so maybe I was just listening out for it extra hard

[@ManWithoutThePants]

Bass is very audible at that part on this mix. Especially the rattle. There isn't much boom in the bass still, but you can hear the bass at that part.

[@insufferablethrashelitist9305]

James scooped his tone on this album, which means he cranked the high and low knobs on his amp and turned the mids way down. Combined with his pickups he uses and distortion level, that gave him this really bassy, barky tone. He used to do ALL the album rhythm tracks. I don't think there was just much space left for bass, and to be honest, on this album alone, Jason's bass work was a little off. Super heavy album. One of their greats that for sure and stands alone tone-wise.

[@DamianEmilio]

You should listen to the song and justice for all, it's a long song but it's so good that you don't feel time pass by

[@dark_dirttv7474]

Wish it was a reaction to the actual mix...

[@thelonewolf9983]

Creeping Death’s Mix Would Be Perfect To React To (Ahdy Is A Legend In Mixing Those), Plus No one reacted to This Mix, You’ll Be The First...🔥🔥🔥

[@smn1085]

most obscure 'tallica song and my fav

[@coling657]

Great reaction. For some vast variations of this particular masterpiece, try Blackened by Meshuggah and blackened 2020 by Metallica.

[@mfree80286]

Blackened time signature? 4-3-4-5-7-6-7-2-4/4. Oh, and the Seattle '89 concert is pretty much just as seamless.

[@zarrafrahman1129]

Lars drums on what sounds good because he cant count lol

[@eddyjohnson1096]

Hard for me to choose between Blackened and Battery but Battery Live is a beast especially 89 seattle

[@TrevRockOne]

The bass is turned up here to an absurd degree. It really changes the character of the music.

[@MetalMonkey]

One of my favourite Metallica songs. I recommend a band you've never heard of, Objector - My Mind Insane, old school thrash sound

[@Shadowz.Fun1]

I believe AJFA was Metallica's bridge between their thrash roots and their new mainstream sound born on the Black album, basically the band had to make a decision, stay thrash and risk being left behind and forgotten or adapt to the times and become what they are now. It's been 30 plus years and Metallica is still well known so the decision to adapt and evolve worked. Long live Metallica

[@charleskopievsky1245]

This album was the furthest they got from black I would say rude the lightning is the closest before it

[@dggustafson02]

That version sounds like hell. There is a reason there is no big bass sound. It's to honor Cliff 🤘

[@DiscountBat]

To honor Cliff? They muted Cliffs instrument to honor him?

[@redgamer821]

It wasn't to honor Cliff, it was in grievance because of him and it being taken out on the "new guy". I am pretty sure cutting the bass out from the mix completely isn't what Cliff would have been thinking if he wanted to be recognized, let alone honored. Jason had some great parts on this album, and it's honestly a shame that he's been cut out of the mix. What I find ironic is that Jason wrote the intro to blackened and played it on bass. Can't imagine what it must have felt to be muted from a song you wrote.

[@genzeuronymous7787]

If you’re a jazz musician you might like symphonic metal. Try "comatose" by skillet. When a song is called comatose and it has guitars and violins you know it’s gonna be awesome

[@ROFLPirate_x]

It's 7/8 time signature by the way 😂

[@tomwolfe6063]

Well done.’ This is actually my favorite major release by Metallica. The album is completely brilliant except for maybe the 3rd song “Eye of the Beholder”. It’s not a bad song; it’s just less great compared to the others.

[@nachocheez9690]

Great lyrics tho

[@yobrethren]

Metallica was so good then, that considering the worst song on the album was Eye of the Beholder, *you know you're in for a treat!* And personally, i really enjoy the simple composition of EotB compared to other songs off AJFA, it's *really groovy.*

[@bloodnthuner]

Can somebody remix that damn snare please?

[@MetalED]

AJFA is a great album,regardless of the original mix. It's definitely their most "proggy" album. All of the songs are 6 minutes or longer with the exception of "Harvester of Sorrow" ( a definite must react, btw!). Because of what they did on this album,it directly influenced them to "streamline" their sound and approach to the next album "Metallica" or "The Black Album". For awhile the only song off this album they played live was "One" after getting the feeling the audience (and themselves) were getting fatigued from the length of the songs. This version isn't my favorite, I like it and it's nice to hear the bass, but what bothers me are the little vocal effects leading into the verses. Don't dig 'em. Great reaction as always!

[@drumtum81]

I like that little fade into the vocals but a little more subtle would've been better

[@UltraViolent21]

What bass?

[@andyk2607]

Metallica “moth into flame” off their latest album. I’m confident you’ll love it

[@altaycan389]

One is from AJFA too, you always forget that lol

[@boywomack]

the guitars are playing in 7/4 and the drummer is in 4/4(mostly). it feels like its in 14/4 because the drummer has to play the phrase twice in order to come in on a downbeat.

[@m4nu003]

Do ..AJFA the song. With enhanced bass like this. \m/

[@ryanatorryanson9535]

Why is this the album version set to a live performance?

[@ThomasJ_Music]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@redgamer821]

I'm assuming that the person that made this mix specifically wanted visuals to go along, so they took the live footage and synced it up to match the original song.

[@oscarcastellanos3950]

Ahdy Khairat´s version?

[@ThomasJ_Music]

Yes I believe it is!

[@markyates1116]

The unforgiven 1,2,3

[@hardyTRSI]

Exactly as i went hearing it for the first time (shortly after it came out): All my mind/ears were set onto trying to decipher that bass...not hearing the encompassing "noise" (which i also love until today) at all! ;) The golden Age of Metal(lica) ! IT´S ALL ABOUT DAT BAZZ! (Stoppt Bassismus!)

[@roberthughes6836]

My fav metallica album justice. I had it when it first came out back in 1988 such a shame they turned the bass down on the original release.

[@robkremer1872]

Nice reaction dude.. Lars lost counting during the time signatures in this song.. 🤘🏻🤣🤘🏻

[@angelskaixo5188]

If you're a jazz guy, you're gonna love old Megadeth

[@agustinares930]

Yes!

[@danielbraud4408]

What mix was this? I heard bass.

[@ThomasJ_Music]

I’ll have to find the guys name for you. Ahdy I think it was. Lemme see...

[@ThomasJ_Music]

Ahdy Kairat his name is

[@PureMetalBanzai]

People hate on Lars but he is fucking badass on this record so good

[@POLLOTROM]

I would like if somebody would analyze this song lyrically.

[@dunkleosteus616]

Jasoned from and justice for Jason

[@antoinewalker9393]

Please react to babymetal - akatsuki! Dont be misled by the name. The singer was 16 at the time of this concert (2014). THANK YOU!

[@volrath6139]

This album is their proggiest and most political. It's the bridge between their thrash and more mainstream sound.